Example sentences of "[pron] but [pron] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 3 | ‘ Being the eternal replacement is not only a bit boring in itself but it does damage . |
| 4 | something which , that interested me but I do think I 'll find it boring or something . |
| 5 | There is obviously an ambitious streak in me but I do realise that I am still very young and inexperienced . |
| 6 | Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children . |
| 7 | You said something about it had a no you have n't shown me but you did tell me about it . |
| 8 | It will be seen that the presence of a receiving target explains nothing but it does nudge two previously separate areas of discourse , the mind and the body , into a common sphere . |
| 9 | So we we 're taking a consistent line on existing employment sites , we do want to reuse them but we do recognize that there may be circumstances where that er that is n't the case . |
| 10 | I do n't know how long it was that things had been going badly for them but I do know there were problems . |
| 11 | and erm , she 's desperate at the end or something , she for good or something but she does get him at the end or summat , at er E Street , E Street started last night , it 's on Sky , erm , it seems canny |
| 12 | Most of us do n't hate anybody but we do dislike some . |
| 13 | We did n't actually speak to him but we did get an ‘ all right boys ? ’ as he went past . ’ |
| 14 | I I can not see that it can have because it was n't actually put to him but he did mention twice in his judgement that he was aware of this new material and as Neil Bennet said , we 'll have to wait and see what that is . |
| 15 | I do n't get angry with her but I do leave the room to calm down … |
| 16 | The question did not appear to surprise her but it did surprise him , as did the very fact that they were walking so companionably together . |
| 17 | But he also gives you a feeling that she was trying to show the difference good and evil , in other words , Jane refused to hate her but she did hate her . |
| 18 | I mean you ca n't do that there is no correlation between you ca n't say that all the activists are extroverts cos are actually quite about the way they but they do like to have a go and it does n't say all the reflectors cos they 're sitting back and thinking and they 're actually quiet reflectors . |
| 19 | Some things can be done without it but we do need money . |
| 20 | The official regatta has virtually nothing to do with it but it does give farmers with riverside frontage an extra source of income … which has reached six figures , although not this year . |
| 21 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 22 | My hair is really short so I do n't actually have to style it but it did feel better and I would use this conditioner again . ’ |
| 23 | When we go home we will know more and we will certainly talk more about it but I do know that our development programme is underway . |
| 24 | I try to ignore it but I do worry she may be going short of protein and vitamins . |
| 25 | I , I certainly do n't erm propose to go through the service requirements to approve it but I did say that to start with , I just wanted to clarify that all the policies have been |
| 26 | I did n't although I did n't slam it but I did shut it . |
| 27 | And I learn quite a lot myself but it does give me that little bit of a challenge that er I think is helpful in retirement . |
| 28 | Other times I am mean and nasty , and there are other times when I have n't got complete control of myself but I do want some sort of discipline . |
| 29 | Gwendoline watched eagerly to see what would happen when Mary-Lou opened hers but nothing did happen . |
| 30 | No she does n't live with us but she does live locally and that was one of the reasons for being here because it 's a little bit easier to get to her . |